HaMechaber
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HaMechaber is the honorific title of Rabbi Yosef Karo, the 16th-century Jewish legal scholar best known as the primary author of the Shulchan Aruch, a foundational code of Jewish law.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ha-Mechaber | 1 |
| HaMechaber canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1205557 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HaMechaber Context triple: [Yosef Karo, alsoKnownAs, HaMechaber]
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A.
Even Ha’ezer
Even Ha’ezer is the section of the Shulchan Aruch that codifies Jewish law relating to marriage, divorce, and family matters.
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B.
Sha'arei Orah
Sha'arei Orah is a seminal Kabbalistic work that systematically explains the divine names and sefirot within Jewish mysticism.
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C.
Bnei Moshe
Bnei Moshe was a late 19th-century Zionist intellectual and cultural society, led by Ahad Ha'am, that promoted a spiritual and cultural renaissance of the Jewish people in their historic homeland.
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D.
Imrei Shefer
Imrei Shefer is a mystical work by the 13th-century Kabbalist Abraham Abulafia, reflecting his prophetic and ecstatic Kabbalistic teachings.
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E.
Otzar Eden Ganuz
Otzar Eden Ganuz is a mystical Kabbalistic work by Abraham Abulafia that explores prophetic Kabbalah and esoteric interpretations of divine wisdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HaMechaber Target entity description: HaMechaber is the honorific title of Rabbi Yosef Karo, the 16th-century Jewish legal scholar best known as the primary author of the Shulchan Aruch, a foundational code of Jewish law.
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A.
Even Ha’ezer
Even Ha’ezer is the section of the Shulchan Aruch that codifies Jewish law relating to marriage, divorce, and family matters.
-
B.
Sha'arei Orah
Sha'arei Orah is a seminal Kabbalistic work that systematically explains the divine names and sefirot within Jewish mysticism.
-
C.
Bnei Moshe
Bnei Moshe was a late 19th-century Zionist intellectual and cultural society, led by Ahad Ha'am, that promoted a spiritual and cultural renaissance of the Jewish people in their historic homeland.
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D.
Imrei Shefer
Imrei Shefer is a mystical work by the 13th-century Kabbalist Abraham Abulafia, reflecting his prophetic and ecstatic Kabbalistic teachings.
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E.
Otzar Eden Ganuz
Otzar Eden Ganuz is a mystical Kabbalistic work by Abraham Abulafia that explores prophetic Kabbalah and esoteric interpretations of divine wisdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | honorific title ⓘ |
| appliedTo | author of Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| associatedWithField |
Halakha
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish law
|
| associatedWithWork | Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Ashkenazic glosses on Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Rema ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalSpelling | "המחבר" ⓘ |
| hasHonorificFunction | expresses reverence for Yosef Karo as author of Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| honorificFor |
16th-century Jewish legal scholar
ⓘ
halakhic authority ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| meaning | the author ⓘ |
| notableFor | primary authorship of the Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Yosef Karo
ⓘ
surface form:
Rabbi Yosef Karo
|
| refersToPersonBornIn |
Spain
ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ |
| refersToPersonCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| refersToPersonEthnicBackground | Sephardi Jew ⓘ |
| refersToPersonLivedIn |
Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
Safed ⓘ |
| refersToPersonMovement | Sephardic halakhic tradition ⓘ |
| refersToPersonNotableWork |
Beit Yosef
ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| refersToPersonReligion | Judaism ⓘ |
| refersToPersonRole |
Talmudic scholar
ⓘ
halakhic codifier ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Maran
ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ posek ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUsage | post-16th century ⓘ |
| titleType |
rabbinic honorific
ⓘ
scholarly epithet ⓘ |
| transliterationVariant |
HaMechaber
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ha-Mechaber
HaMehaber ⓘ |
| usedAsCitationName |
halakhic responsa
ⓘ
rabbinic commentaries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
halakhic decisors
ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Yosef Karo
ⓘ
surface form:
Rabbi Yosef Karo
|
| usedInContext |
commentaries on Shulchan Aruch
ⓘ
discussions of Jewish law ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: HaMechaber Description of subject: HaMechaber is the honorific title of Rabbi Yosef Karo, the 16th-century Jewish legal scholar best known as the primary author of the Shulchan Aruch, a foundational code of Jewish law.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Ha-Mechaber